James Arthur Bennett, FSA, FRAS (2 April 1947 – 28 October 2023[3]) was a British museum curator and historian of science.

[6] He studied at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1969.

[6][7] His doctoral thesis was titled "Studies in the life and work of Sir Christopher Wren".

[7] Bennett was subsequently a fellow and senior tutor of Churchill College and curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, both part of Cambridge University.

[4] He was an early adopter of the World Wide Web with a website for the museum, including online exhibitions such as The Measurers in 1995.